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  • What Is Sumerian religion?
    polytheism
  • What is this
    ziggurat
  • What kept rivers from flooding?
    Levee, canal, ditches, irrigation
  • Their king developed 282 laws
    Babylonian
  • Used chariot in battle
    Hittites
  • They created the first alphabet
    Phoenicians
  • first to master ironworking
    Hittites
  • Their king created the hanging gardens
    Chaldeans
  • What is this
    city state
  • Who created the first advanced society?
    Sumerians
  • Established new colonies in the Mediterranean Sea
    Phoenicians
  • How was social class taken into account in Hammurabi's code?
    greater crime to hurt a rich man than a poor man
  • Who's in 4
    priest
  • Who's in 2?
    farmers, craftpeople
  • two most important physical features
    Tigris and Euphrates
  • What is this writing device called
    Stylus
  • developed sewers
    Sumerians
  • whos in 1?
    slaves/criminals
  • What is the green region called
    Fertile Crescent
  • used medicine
    Sumerians
  • religious temple
    Ziggurat
  • first system of writing
    Cuneiform
  • What did Sargon establish?
    First empire and army
  • Who's in 3?
    government officials
  • developed the wheel
    Sumerians
  • developed math and science
    Sumerians
  • Who's in 5
    kings
  • What is the benefit of flooding?
    Deliver silt
  • What makes Hammurabi's code unique?
    First written law, very detailed
  • Long piece of poetry about heroes
    Epic
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